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The Adventure

by Dave Tate

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1.
Start Again 03:15
Start Again - Dave Tate We haven’t been honest in so long Facing these changes on our own But maybe the day has finally come To tell you I love, you though I don’t know where my life is spinning You don’t suppose that we would win But in a happy accident You came along to begin To break the world and start again Start Again Start Again We look up with brand new eyes So save your madness for the weary we are hopeful people To break the waves we’re shining bright So take my heart and guide it through the shaking even though you You don’t suppose that we would win But in a happy accident You came along to begin To break the world and start again Must we believe In the dreams of all that came before us Let’s rewrite our own chorus Make something better than whatever could have been You don’t suppose that we would win But in a happy accident You came along to begin To break the world and start again
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Undone 03:06
Dave Tate - Undone Every time I get to see you I become a servant of the bliss And I would walk right through the madness just to sink into the feeling of all this But then my life began to come undone Leading me to what I could become Come live tonight Like tomorrow will never come Something Inside has come undone to make room for a new life has begun Every time I feel a longing You guide me through uncertainty with grace In the stars where we were written Alight upon the power we create But then my life began to come undone To align the road I’d once begun Come live tonight Like tomorrow will never come Something Inside has come undone To make room for the pure existence Come Live tonight where our love breaks through all these bonds Let the past die and come undone To make room For a new life has begun
3.
Dave Tate - Close the Distance I sulked around, a shadow in the sun Where I sang aloud, but never let my voice just run It’s never figured out when you live in opposition Still the mystery goes on It’s over now, but I still keep hanging on Close the distance grown between us Heal the heart that once was broken It’s never taken time, but time is why she left From a paradise to the coldest stone I kept All this is happening through you It isn’t meant to hold on to you I walk the thinnest line Between the woman and the man Close the distance grown between us Heal the heart that once was broken Close the distance man to woman Say the words you’ve left unspoken Yeah we’re all in this For better or for worse Forgiveness lifts the coldest heart Close the distance grown between us Heal the heart that once was broken
4.
Fall to You 04:38
Dave Tate - Fall To You What will you say when I go Some things will fade, some will grow I took my time, but then time was taking me Had to leave you behind, and set myself free I fall to you I fall to you Courage, it takes to the road She told me, pack up your bags boy and go If I had to choose between you You know just what I’d do Cause in my mind your arms still hold me And I fall to you I fall to you I fall to you And if there’s a chance we have it now Then there’s a chance we’ll have it then When the winding of my road Brings me close to you again All that I know is there’s a purpose Much larger than the pain I fall to you I fall to you
5.
Dave Tate - Where I Belong Sky silver and golden but I couldn’t see I loved you like a captive, drawn to be free Well I started out like Atlas holding the world With that weight over my head I couldn’t hold her Out into the sun, to the world where I belong Oh there could be nothing at all going wrong I’ll crash down the cage, ‘till my light finally shines free Oh there could be nothing at all without me Flying into the thunderhead, dark of the night There arose many old voices to reclaim my life And the storm on the horizon is written in me Yet your star still lights up the path to what I could be Out into the sun, to the world where I belong Oh there could be nothing at all going wrong I’ll crash down the cage, ‘till my light finally shines free Oh there could be nothing at all without me Just remember the endgame would you You don’t know where your life could climb If there were nothing to tempt me How could I rise Out into the sun, to the world where I belong Oh there could be nothing at all going wrong I’ll crash down the cage, ‘till my light finally shines free Oh there could be nothing at all without me
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Serendipity 06:05
Dave Tate - Serendipity Grace feel unlock my eyes, hold through my own device Light in the mirror, song in the singer Echoed in laughter Come to free me from the ice Brother brother, seeking to the other Take thought from out your mind Two discover worlds are undercover with an open eye I set aside all of my solace Not satisfied to let it roll us I set aside all of my solace Not satisfied to let it roll us Roll Us Summer bring me back to remember All I sought in another Never knew I would find Our love, deep in light in between us Growing kindness to ail our serendipity 'Till it reaches me Mother mother singing to the sun Undercover waters overrun In the tide storms are brewing Light in the mirror, song in the singer Echoed in laughter Come to free me from my mind I set aside all of my solace Not satisfied to let it roll us I set aside all of my solace Not satisfied to let it roll us Roll Us Summer bring me back to remember All I sought in another Never knew I would find Our love, deep in light in between us Growing kindness to ail our serendipity 'Till it reaches me
7.
Dave Tate - I Look Inside There are times when I’m sold on the story they’ve told So little light to guide me through grey skies that moan So now I’m reaching out for someone to tell me You’re good as you are So damn tired of trying to reach for that star So I look inside and I yearn Lost in the way that I thought we would burn But now I’m just sitting here, stranded In a blanket of rain Will it ever be that good again There are times when I hold on so tight to it all And times when I turn my back and run Yeah but all that means nothing when she comes to call And all my masks fall If there is one thing I’ve learned from the journey we’ve made It’s that I can’t put my fate in one other place But to the hands I’ve been given and the will to create The man I wanna be So I look inside and I yearn Lost in the way that I thought we would burn But now I’m just sitting here, stranded In a blanket of rain Will it ever be that good again
8.
Show Me 04:44
Dave Tate - Show Me When we were walking in the moonlight In the falling feathers of the snow The subtle movement in her cool eyes Igniting me below Don’t ever mind what it would offer Don’t ever mind what it would take You must have courage in the darkness If your sleeping soul to wake Oh in the exit Sun, light my way Show me, show me what I’m feeling now I have spent too long in this dark doubt Walk me through the exit to this pain Will I feel your sweet embrace again When we are naked to our senses And feel the furnace steady pulse You never know where it will take us No we’ve never walked this road Just before dawn brings superstitions And all the fears weep in your mind I’ll never know them in this moment No they’re only real in time Oh in the exit Sun, light my way Show me, show me what I’m feeling now I have spent too long in this dark doubt Walk me through the exit to this pain Will I feel your sweet embrace again
9.
Alchemy 04:02
Dave Tate - Alchemy Outside the city lights Took a drive, had to stop to see You showed me everything Like a sign too far away to read It’s pure compassion as you push your body near I fell in love to transform myself Like alchemy I wanna get steady, thank god that I’m ready Flowering my vision becomes new Getting out of my head See the sky turn pink then fade to blue Walking down the city streets, watch the light lift Right up to your favorite window, sentimental like I am I know this goes deep You challenge me, what a gift Climbing up the rooftop Perception shifts Like alchemy
10.
Coming Back 04:24
Dave Tate - Coming Back As I begin to grow outside of belief My true riches show Steal it back from the thieving hands of grief Was the moment lost, or did I just fall asleep Either way baby I’m coming back to the vision, back in the rhythm where we move I’m taking back my creation from everyone I handed it out too I’m pulling back all the curtains to lighten up this cold and empty room And oh this time I’m not alone. Far along the road, I was stopped by two old men They told me son keep going It’s just around, yeah, it’s just around the bend Well I turned and I turned and as the evening grew near I heard the meaning in the message Take your voice, give your choice to no one I’m coming back to the vision, back in the rhythm where we move I’m taking back my creation from everyone I handed it out too I’m pulling back all the curtains to lighten up this cold and empty room And oh this time I’m not alone. I’m coming back I’m coming back I’m coming back I’m coming back

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‘The Adventure’ dives headfirst into the uncertainty of life, the dark and the light, the heavy and the easy, and the balance of walking between them. The Adventure represents a journey of learning to trust in one’s own strength in the face of circumstance. While most of Tate’s solo music leans towards a mellow singer-songwriter vibe, much of ‘The Adventure’ departs into Alternative, Acoustic Rock, and Adult Contemporary territory. Tate’s powerful and angelic range sometimes resembles that of Jeff Buckley, while some of his hushed voice can bring up echoes of Paul Simon. On ‘The Adventure’, Tate’s guitar style and songwriting can at times be reminiscent of John Mayer. Syncopated rhythms, unique percussive acoustic guitar lines, and both soaring and intimate vocals all support Tate’s poetic vision as he grapples with life’s big questions on ‘The Adventure’.

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released October 8, 2021

Pete Jensen @peterejensen - Bass (and Stand Up Bass recording)
Colin Robison @shamanoptix - Electric Guitars  
Jordan Davis @drjordandavis - Drums
Ben Howe @benhoweofficial - Pedal Steel (and steel recording) on Fall to You 
Victoria Lagerstrom @victorialagerstrommusic - Backing Vocals on Fall to You
Chris Flaig - Drums on Fall to You, Where I Belong and I Look Inside
Mike Simmons - Engineering on Jordan Davis’s Drums, Pete Jensen Bass and
Colin Robison Guitars at Counterpoint Studios in Salt Lake City.
Mixed by Ben O’Neill @el_bengineer
Start Again and Alchemy Mixed by Dave Tate
Mastered by Howie Weinberg @howieweinbergmastering
Dave Tate - Acoustic and Electric guitars, Bass on Where I Belong and Undone - Recording and Production by Dave Tate @redearthrecordingstudios

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Dave Tate San Luis Obispo, California

Critically acclaimed Singer-Songwriter Dave Tate’s soulful music combines pure, angelic vocals with dynamic acoustic guitar and poetic lyricism to present a unique combination of vastness and intimacy. A native of the red rock desert of Zion National Park, Tate’s music is often inspired by the spacious, towering beauty of his homeland. ... more

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